2014

Hardly a day passes without a new FDA recall of some food product. And, despite the signing of the Food Safety Modernization Act into law in 2010, the most sweeping reform in food safety in more than 70 years, the number of Americans falling ill from food contamination infections continues to rise at an alarming rate – about a 45% increase in the last three years alone.

A leading manufacturer of packaging equipment needed a reliable gearbox source that could provide units quickly for their line of cartoning machines used in a wide variety of industries including food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and household products. The machines are often subjected to routine high pressure wash downs.